National Climate Assessment: Water chapter
“This is really a call for America to find out, ‘What does climate change mean for where you live?'” says Paul Fleming, a convening lead author of the National Climate Assessment’s Water Resources...
View ArticleNational Climate Assessment: Oceans chapter
“If the average temperature of a large body of water increases, that’s an enormous amount of heat content,” says Andrew Rosenberg, a convening lead author of the National Climate Assessment’s Oceans...
View ArticleNational Climate Assessment: Climate Science chapter
“It’s very clear to us that the climate is changing, changing rapidly, and changing primarily because of human activities,” says Don Wuebbles, a convening lead author on the National Climate...
View ArticleNational Climate Assessment: Hawai‘i chapter
The Pacific Islands, including Hawai‘I, American Samoa, and parts of Micronesia, are home to many cultures whose lives depend on the ocean and how they interact with their environment. Climate changes...
View ArticleNational Climate Assessment: Rural Communities chapter
The U.S. is still predominantly a rural country, even though most of its population lives in cities. Rural America supplies the rest of the country with food, fiber, energy, and many other benefits,...
View ArticleNational Climate Assessment: Southeast chapter
The Southeast region faces three main climate change vulnerabilities: sea level rise and associated coastal impacts; increasing temperatures; and water availability. These impacts are already...
View ArticleNational Climate Assessment: Alaska chapter
“Things are happening now, and they’re not little things. They’re big things.” Sarah F. Trainor, a convening lead author for the National Climate Assessment’s Alaska chapter, talks about how Alaska...
View ArticleNational Climate Assessment: Mitigation chapter
Climate change mitigation involves identifying ways to reduce heat trapping gas emissions, as well as finding ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Humans have many choices to reduce...
View ArticleNational Climate Assessment: Adaptation chapter
Preparing for and coping with the impacts of climate change is known as “adaptation,” and communities around the country are beginning to plan for a future climate that is different than the one...
View ArticleNational Climate Assessment: Indigenous Peoples, Lands and Resources chapter
Indigenous communities already face many socio-economic challenges, even before overlaying climate change impacts on them, says T.M. Bull Bennett, a convening lead author on the National Climate...
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